Welcome to the Recreation Thread. Veterans of the Recreation Thread understand how we do issues round right here, however for all you newbies we’ve got a number of guidelines. Our neighborhood pointers apply and principally say be cool, no private assaults, don’t troll and don’t swear an excessive amount of.
After a weather-related journey nightmare in Charlotte, the Spurs return house tonight to face the Orlando Magic. They’re coming off of a loss to a supernova scorching Hornets crew the place a low vitality effort value the guests because the Hornets gained their sixth recreation in a row, delighting the Saturday brunch-time house crowd. The Spurs had an opportunity close to the tip to tie the sport to tie issues up, however Wembanyama missed the shot. Although he had been chilly all recreation lengthy, it was the identical sort of shot he has made a number of instances prior to now, and it simply didn’t work out this time. The larger drawback was the shortage of rebounding that gave the Hornets too many second and third likelihood factors for the Spurs to beat in a recreation the place their finest participant had an off evening.
January was a tough month for the Spurs, because it was for many of the contenders within the Western Convention. They completed 8-7 for the month, which was nonetheless adequate to maintain them within the prime three within the convention, which might assure them at the very least one house playoff collection if they’ll stick with it to the tip of the season. They’ve six extra video games earlier than the All Star break, and all of them besides tonight’s recreation in opposition to the Magic are in opposition to Western Convention foes, which implies that this stretch of video games will probably be a key indicator if the Spurs are an actual contender this yr, or a rebuilding crew that’s studying the right way to get again into the playoffs after an extended absence. It might be each, however the Spurs are positively evolving as we communicate. With the commerce deadline arising, maybe the Spurs will do one thing to assist shore up the rebounding and add measurement within the paint, but it surely might be that the Silver and Black will stand pat for the remainder of the season.
Tonight the Spurs face the Magic who’re coming off of a pair of stable wins over Japanese Convention contenders, 133-124 over the Warmth, and 130-120 over the Raptors on Friday. They may have a hell of a relaxation benefit over the house crew, who had been caught in Charlotte final evening and needed to journey again to the Alamo Metropolis someday this morning. If there have been ever a time for Boris Diaw’s expresso machine within the locker room, at the moment can be the day. The Spurs beforehand beat the Magic 114-112 on December 3 with out Victor Wembanyama on the courtroom behind a 31 level scoring effort from De’Aaron Fox. Let’s hope the Spurs can overcome the fatigue and begin February off on the appropriate foot tonight. After the Magic Spurs will face Thunder on Wednesday evening to wrap up the season collection, however they don’t need to look previous tonight’s recreation. Let’s GOOO Spurs!
Mitch Johnson coaches the sport carrying pajamas as a result of he didn’t have time to go house and get a change of garments after the journey fiasco attributable to the snowstorm delaying the Spurs exit from Charlotte.
San Antonio Spurs at Charlotte HornetsFebruary 1, 2026 | 8:00 PM CT (rescheduled once more attributable to journey points)Streaming: NBA League PassTV: FanDuel Sports activities SouthwestReminder: It’s in opposition to web site coverage to submit hyperlinks to unlawful streams within the feedback.
